johnwilliams
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dont know if it is a myth/fake news ,but is it possibe to have had this and not know you had it ?
This is an interesting German study where they tested 80% of the population of Gangelt (12.5 thousand people) and found that the infection rate was in fact 15% of the population, much higher than currently diagnosed, and the death rate was therefore 0.35%, much lower than currently projected.
Basically we are only looking at the fatality rate amongst symptomatic people and 80% of people infected are asymptomatic.
It is very hard to compare this with an average Flu since the vaccine is usually reasonably effective and a large proportion of the at risk population is vaccinated so there is effectively a herd immunity amongst the groups most likely to be symptomatic and therefore most likely to spread it.
That was reported earlier.Interesting study, but I didn't see a reference in it to "80% of people infected are asymptomatic" ?
Yep, but after the fact all the data can be gathered and examined and so better numbers can be extrapolated.Also makes me wonder if how the death rates for previous outbreaks were established, without studies like this they have to be suspect.